Most people who lived in the late 1930s or the 1940s will remember the the mesmerizing characters and fantastic lands of the novel that made it un-put-down-able. What makes the novel so special is the innocence and imagination that you are not likely to find in modern-day novels. The Enchanted Wood: The first novel in the series “The Enchanted Wood” is a favorite novel for most Faraway fans. The novel is one of the best novels that goes on to demonstrate the timelessness and agelessness of Enid Blyton’s novels, that are just as good as they were decades after they were written. What follows is an adventure that takes them to the magical lands such as the Land of Take What You Want, the Land of Ice and Snow, and the Roundabout Land, where they have much fun and dangerous escapades. The children soon make friends with the inhabitants of the tree including, Saucepan Man, Silky the fairy, and Moon-Face. Its top branches, which are in the clouds, lead to magical lands in the clouds. The Faraway Tree is full of fruits of all types ranging from lemons to acorns and is home to all manner of fairy folk. The first novel in the series, “The Enchanted Wood” begins the story of the adventures of the three children that together with their family, have just moved to the countryside, to the edge of a magical forest with a magical tree. The discovery of the tree marks the beginning of their adventure travelling to magical lands at the top of the tree. Fanny, Bessie, and Jo are the three children lucky or adventurous enough to discover the tree and the magical forest. The tree is massive with so wide a trunk that small houses can be carved into it, and so high that its branches almost touch the clouds.

The narratives are set in an enchanted forest, where the Faraway Tree, a magical gigantic tree grows.

Up the faraway tree